In Man and His Symbols, Carl Jung describes the threshold between consciousness and the unconscious as a liminal space where forgotten symbols, repressed truths, and unspoken desires rise to the surface. It is here, at this fragile boundary, that transformation becomes possible.
Thresholds of Ideologies weaves the physical world and real geographies with the mental landscapes of perception and imagination. Growing up in Ukraine and exploring sites across the globe—including New York, Morocco, and Ghana—Lesia Topolnyk observed how differently we perceive and interpret the world. The exhibition is a quest to understand how humans construct meaning in relation to their inner worlds and how, despite inhabiting separate realities, we might find common ground.
From the brightly lit entrance, inspired by the largest concentrated solar plant in Morocco, to darker interior rooms and hidden spaces—such as forgotten chimney doors uncovered within the building—the journey guides visitors through shifting scales of perception. A rediscovered chimney door opens onto an excavated inner landscape, where countless door keys evoke Manhattan’s layered histories of capitalism and property, while another reveals the underground world of a mining village in Ukraine, inviting reflection on how these distant histories, economies, and environments converge and shape our understanding of global interconnections.
Panel discussion: November 22, 7–9pm, with Lesia Topolnyk and guests.
